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Ukraine is sending the war back to Russia — just in time for Victory Day | The Kyiv Independent

Questions arise after Zelensky claims Ukraine "not responsible" for security of Moscow's cherished military spectacle

8 May 2025

Source: Al Jazeera | 30 July 2025

Over the past days, Moscow's grand avenues, like every year in early May, were taken over by the growling of 80-year-old tanks and the smell of gasoline burned by military vehicles.

To the delight of many locals, soldiers marched in multiple rehearsals for the May 9 Victory Day Parade in the week leading up to the actual event.

But as Moscow prepares for its fourth parade since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the atmosphere this year is different.

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